Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in OECD
OECD: Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions was 44.9 Index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions in OECD, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
OECD recorded 44.9 Index for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in OECD peaked at 130.84 Index in 1990 and was at its lowest, 44.9 Index, in 2024.
OECD ranks 22nd of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 116.27 Index | 98.74 Index | 130.84 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 92.28 Index | 75.77 Index | 100 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.64 Index | 49.94 Index | 72.49 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.65 Index | 44.9 Index | 47.79 Index | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD
More climate change data for OECD
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 984,128 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1,467 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 842.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 41,088 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 223,315 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 264,403 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 906.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 26,568 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 240,219 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 743,908 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in OECD?
- Air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions in OECD was 44.9 Index in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 130.84 Index in 1990.
- What is the lowest air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.9 Index in 2024.
- How does OECD rank for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions?
- OECD ranks 22nd out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides selected information on national emissions of air pollutants: man-made emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Categories presented are based on the NFR (nomenclature for reporting) 2014 classification. Details of regroupings can be found in the table of correspondence. Data exclude non man-made emissions and international aviation and maritime transports emissions. For some countries residential mobile emissions (e.g. mowers) are included into “Other combustion” instead of “Other mobile”. Data source(s): (1) The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP Convention), UNECE-EMEP emissions Database, WebDab. EMEP Official; (2) Common Reporting Tables CRT to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables); (3) Replies to the OECD Questionnaire on the State of the Environment and comments from member countries. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 2026 Database documentation